Considering this is my 3rd season riding and I'm in my mid-40's I think anyone who isn't completely clumsy (and delicate) can learn how to snowboard. I wasn't a skier prior to snowboarding, I think I skied around 4 or 5 times about 10 years ago. I did skateboard a lot when I was a young lad and spent many summers at the skate park although the last time I skateboarded was at least 25 years prior to snowboarding.

i would definitly recommend you to try it.
everybody gets home with bruces and missing body parts.

like some said before. once you get over the point of falling every 5 seconds, and start to link turns it is so much fun.

if you give it a realy good effort i would say you could be at that point in a single ( good ) day. just dont be a female genitals and complain about pain.

good luck

exactly what he said ^ once you start learning how to turn and slow down without falling, it becomes so much fun.. i was doing 180s front/backside within 5 days of snowboarding. now, i did fall on my butt a lot but never had any bad falls.. give it a shot!

I got my dad started snowboarding when he was just under 50. Now he is 60 and still goes about 40 times a year. Pretty impressive really, considering he has a pacemaker. He is way better than me now. As long as you have the time and commitment, you will improve and your body will get in the shape it needs to.

Some of us 'less young' folks can still get out there and shred. i'm 51 & have been riding for 14 - 15 years. I can still ride as hard as i want too & my body / legs are holding up great. There is hope for all of you little whipper snappers to be riding for decades & decades to come!!!

Yeah, refer back to the stay in shape thread. Avoiding injury is greatly increased if you are fit and strong, regardless of age. I think my body will allow me to board after 50, but we'll see if I have the will to keep learning and trying new things when I get into my 30th year of riding.

I am 33 now, and can tell you, rurchan, that that feeling of hesitation will continue. It feels great when you hit it, but the falls are just a little worse. I usually sit a bit longer and assess how much worse it could have been. I have never had a problem getting up from a fall, but it is those falls that end my day sooner. I used to always say "just one more run" for an hour or two. Now, I'll say, "that's enough," feeling good that I can do again the next day.

In recent years I've found broken bones and stuff too difficult to recover from, so my riding is limited to pow, carve, and all-mountain riding .. but that's all we did in the old days, anyhow. Well over 100 days riding last year ..

It's going to be awesome to one day be able to say I've been boarding longer than most of you have been alive! 32 here and landed my first backflip and 5 this last season. I have no intentions of slowing down... props to everyone staying young!

This thread is proof that no one reads threads :) the last post of page 5 the OP states he cant believe the thread is still alive and that yes he tried snowboarding. On page 6 people keep telling him to try it. Another poster quoted him in the middle of this page asking him if he liked it. He then responded right after it saying he went back to skiing. Of course every post after that keeps telling him he has to try it :)

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